Definitions
1. Al-jazeera
Al-jazeera is a satellite television network based in Doha, Qatar. Al Jazeera literally
means The Island in Arabic. The network was launched on November 1, 1996 as
Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel. Today, Al J

Benedict Anderson
Born in 1936
Imagined Communities was published in 1983, it gained a lot of attention
imagined communities
o
o
We dont know most of the people of our nation, but the idea of imagined
communities makes us feel like we do
o
How we connect

Identity of the Bacongo
Congo-Brazzaville
Le Sape Subculture
o
Society of Taste-makers and Elegant People
Founded by musician Papa Wemba
o
Clothed his band Liva La Musical in elegant clothes, in rebellion to Joseph
o
Started fashion village in Kinshasa
Ab

The Rebirth of History
By Alain Badiou (a French philosopher)
The rebirth of the Idea
Capitalism regime of gangsters
Argues that westerners are too eager to intervene
3 kinds of riots
o
Immediate riot
Youth
No clear purpose
Most often in the center of the

Josef Stalin (1878-1953)
Born in Georgia
Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party, which would lead to him
succeeding Lenin as a leader of the USSR
o
From the mid1920s until his death
At the forefront of Russias industrialization and collectiviz

Stylizing the Self: The Y Generation in Rosebank,
Johannesburg
Sarah Nuttall
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Written many books and essays on South African literature and culture
Johannesburg
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o
73% - Black
o
Largest city in South Africa
16% - Whites
The Y generation
o
o
Centered in

Mary Brickle
Politics and Social Movements in Modern Middle Easter Literature Final Paper
April 30, 2011
The Influence of the Construct of Nationhood in Middle Eastern Literature
The Arabic novel has developed from the amalgamation of a vast array of infl

International Studies
January 17, 2013
Edward Said: Orieintalism
Orient is the opposite of occident (the west)
What is orientalism?
There are certain views that we hold about the rest of the world, and our
perspectives are rooted in the space that we happ

Sara Fitzpatrick
Final Project Proposal
April 4 2013
For my final project I will be researching Spain. I was thinking of taking a holistic
approach by offering a brief summary of the following topics:
-
Outline basic facts about the country, creating prof

IS Notes 1/22
How to make a Glossary:
Say where the term came from, who said it and in what context
Define it
Explain key points of the term
Cite your sources
Orientalism
Class of Civilization
Babel Discussion:
Babel refers to the bible story that god pun

IS Notes 1/24/2013
How do we get international news from the world?
2001-2006 Bushs War
How biased is reporting, and how do stereotypes effect it?
What would good reporting be?
Idealistically there would be no bias, but that is almost impossible because p

IS Notes 2/7
US-Egyptian Policy
Mohammaed Morsi Muslim Brotherhood (2011-Present)
Egypt was considered one of USs a strongest ally in the middle east
US aim with cooperating Egypt was to make it a moderate country instead of extremist
(influenced by relig

IS Notes 2/14
A Brief History of Modern China
Peoples Republic of China
After aiding North Korea in the Korean war, they were declared by the UN as aggressors.
1st 5 year Plan
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Aftermath of Cultural Revolution
Country

IS Notes 2/12
Geertz
Cultural anthropologist
Ethnographer
Known for contributions to symbolic anthropology
Culture as an ensembre of texts
Made up of symbols that carry meaning-language, objects, gestures and activities
Cockfighting
Sabung
Metaphorical as

In the News
Make overview for argument
in 8 pagesPERSPECTIVES
ON INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
Choose ONE of the following news
media (online or print): BBC World
News or PBS or The New York
Times or The Economist, or News
Week or Times.
Keep a journal (on file o

IS 290: Perspectives on International Studies
Conflict & Culture
Although there are many forms of culture present throughout the world, each is distinctly
unique because of factors like politics, religions, languages, gender rights, and traditions. In
art

Midterm Examination: IS 290
2b. Identity, community, and state are all related because
identity helps form the rubric of a community and a community
that is stabilized with concrete ideas of government and
stability and is in turn a political and geopolit

October 14, 2009
Dr. Nethersole
English 299/ IS 250
The Many Faces of Prejudice: The Mask of Ignorance
Every day, people from different cultures meet and judge each other. Preconceived
notions between different cultures along with first impressions help f

November 7, 2010
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
IS 320
The issue before UNFCCC COP 16 is the increased awareness that the Future of Climate
Change lies with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
In the past two decades, the rapidly growing world trend has been focus

Glossary
Sara Fitzpatrick
April 2013
1.Orientalism
Orientalism is a term coined by Edward Said which he defines in several ways. Primarily
it is a mindset that produces a particular perspective of the East. Said claims that, by
Orientalism he means severa

Sara Fitzpatrick
International Studies 290
Professor Nethersole
Midterm Paper (Topic 3)
Stereotypes have been around for centuries and can be found in almost every culture.
Since the time of the first crusade in 1094 and even before then, people have been

Nelson
Leadership in International Contexts
Dr. Javier Hidalgo
22 February 2013
Humanitarian Intervention and the War in Iraq
In this paper, I discuss the morality of the humanitarian intervention concerning
the War in Iraq. I shall defend the argument th